Display hanger



Oct. 9, 1928.

J. A. BOATWRIGHT DISPLAY HANGER Filed Nov. 29, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l ATTORNEY Oct. 9, 1928. 1,687,423

J. A. BOATWRIGHT DI SPLAY HANGER Filed Nov. 29, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY Patented Get. 9, 1928.

' UNVPED STATES- i JIM ALEX'BOATWRGHT, v OF THOMSON,. GEORGIA.1 f

DISPLAY HANGER.

s Application*ineenoveniter 29:l 1927. YSerin'1ro 2:6,51`5.

This invention relates to vhangersprimarily l adapted for displayingmerchandise in shops,

department stores and the like.

An object of the invention comprehends a hoop member upon which the merchandise may be suspended and viewed from all directions Within the store. 1

Another kobject of the invention contem plates a swivel support adaptedto permit rotation of the hoo when showing a cus-l temer the particular goodsV advertised upon the hoop instead of Walking completely around the same.

A further object of the invention embodies alarm elements carried by the hanger Which will notify the store keeper'of the presence of shop lifters and other unauthorized persons when the merchandise is removed from the hanger.

-lV ith the above and other objects in View, the invention further consists of the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

ln the drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of the invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional View taken on line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional vieW taken on line 3 -3 of Figure 1 o Figure t is fragmentary perspective vieiv of the lower portion of the invention,

illustrating the arrangement of additional` merchandise supports.

Referring to the drawings in detail,

wherein like characters of reference denoteA corresponding parts, the reference character indicates a hoop preferably formed of Wire and of a sufflcient gauge to support merchandise of different Weights. The hoop is crimped, as indicated at 11, at appropriate points thereon to facilitate engagement with and to prevent displacement of loop portions 12 upon the adjacent ends of guys 18. A.. disk member 14, provided Withopenings 15, are adapted to receive the upper hooked end 16 of the guysl 13. A pipe section or rod 17 extended centrally through the disk 14: is provided with a'nut 18upon the lovvermost end thereof immediately beneath and engageable with vthe undersur-v face of said disk. A stop collar 19, carried by the pipe section or rod 17, is provided with a setscrew 2O adapted for biting engagementtherewith and to repose upon the upperside of thfedisk member 14 to prevent l ca nting ofthe latter as Wellas the hoop'lO. .l .A sleeve Vmember 21 adaptedto receive the uppermost end of the rod 17y isv adapted for threaded engagement at the uppermost end thereof with said rod and heldin a desired regulated and adjusted position through the instrumentality of a setscrew 22 adapted for biting engagement with said'rod. A thimble 23 being threadedly engagedwith the uppermost end of the rod member 17 is provided with a restricted entrance opening 24 in one end thereof which is adapted to receive a shaft member 25 therethrough. .A head 26 carried upon the lowermost end ofthe shaft 25 Within the thimble 23 is adapted for engagement with one Wall of the thimble 23 around the restrictedr entrance opening f therein. VThe shaft 25 being provided with an eye 27 upon its o pposite end adapted to receive the open` end of a hook 28,l therein.

A spring yoke 29rhaving'connection at its ends upon the upper side ofy a disk member 14 is extended throughout ythe major portion kof its length between the guyes 13. Bells or other signal devices 30, projected at inclinations from the spring yoke, Will cause the hammers to strike the bells When merchandise is removed from any point upon the hoop, whereby shop liftersfmay be more'readily detected and apprehended. Another cardinal Vadvantage of the invention resides in the fact that the displaying of a merchandise,in the manneras best illustrated iniFigure 5 of the drawings. a

customer could'readily remove a particular merchandise and Walk up to the counter and say I want this` and. pay the purchaseV priceg The invention may thus be called a self-serving 'display device. The invention Will also overcome a great vdifficulty as experienced instore-keeping to make it a.

practice to display hosiery and other goods Within marked boxes.` The customers gen.- erally pick up several pair at a time, and not being awarevof the price, misplace the hosiery and as frequently occurs, higher price merchandise is placed Within the less costly marked boxes and the merchandise is eventually sold at a loss.

Arms 31, such' as illustrated in Figure 4 vof the'drawings, may be employed for use upon the hoop 10 in the event it is desirous to support additional merchandise.

The invention is' susceptible of various lchanges in its form, proportions and minor details of (construction, and the right is herein reserved .to make such changes as properly fall Within the scope volf the ap ended claim.

aving described the invention, What is claimed is y A display hanger comprising a hoop having a multiplicity of crimped portions thereon, a plurality of guys having the ll'nverrnost ends thereof looped Within the A'c'z'rimpedY portionsv 'of `the hoop, a disk, the

uppermost end'of the guys terminating to provide lioolled Aends adapted for connection with the disk, al rod upstanding from the disk, a sleeve member adjustablyniounted thereon to raiseand lower said hoop, a thin'ible carried upon the uppermost end of the rod, a 'shaftextended Within the thimble and having an enlarged head thereon adapted to provide a swivel connection there- 2o between lto permit rotation of said hoop, a spring yoke carried by the disk, andy bells suspended from the yoke.

In testimony whereof I aiii'x my signature.

'Y JIM ALEX BOATWRIGHT. 

